Our Mission
Exercise, Educate, Empower.
Our Pillars
Providing Support, Education,
and Care for Parkinson’s Disease
Community
Exercise
Respite
Education
Meet Our Staff
Kristin Rossi
Chief Executive Officer
Kellee Johnson
Director of Operations
Angee Ludwa
Director of Exercise
Julia Wall
Director of Education
Rita Dachs
Administrative Coordinator
Alison Chance
Development Manager
Stephanie Woznak
Social Worker
Not Pictured: Meri Sheen, Database Manager
Board of Directors 2023
Jeff Laethem
Chairman
President, Ray Laethem Motor Village, Grosse Pointe/Detroit
Jason M. Schwalb, M.D., FAANS, FACS
President
President, Board of Directors
Surgical Director, Movement Disorder & Comprehensive Epilepsy Centers
Henry Ford Medical Group
Clinical Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Wayne State University
President, Michigan Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative
Lawrence Millman, CPA
Treasurer
Treasurer, Board of Directors
Chairman, Finance Committee
Principal, Grant, Millman and Johnson, P.C., Novi
Deanna Hatmaker, MSA, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
Vice Chair
Managing Director
Midwest People Development
Brian True
Vice Chairman
Vice Chairman, Board of Directors
Vice President
Lee & Associates Real Estate, Royal Oak
Vice Chairman, Board of Directors Vice President Lee & Associates Real Estate, Royal Oak
Kristin Rossi
Chief Executive Officer
Michigan Parkinson Foundation
Paul A. Cullis, M.D.
Chief of Neurology
Ascension Health Michigan
Jeffrey Appel, Esquire
Attorney, Private Practice, Southfield
David Floore
Owner, Lance Industries, Inc.,
Gary Gavin
Vice President Key & Large Group Sales
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Edwin B. George, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Director of the Movement Disorders Center at Wayne State University and the John D. Dingell Veterans Administration Hospital; Past Chairman, MPF Professional Advisory Board
Suzanne Holguin, RN
Support Group Liaison to the Board, Northern Michigan and Upper Peninsula
Assessment Nurse, Friendship Center, Petoskey
Nate Jolliff, CSCP
Sr. Program Manager, Material Logistics Engineering, Stellantis
Mary Sue Lanigan
Immediate past Chief Executive Officer, Michigan Parkinson Foundation
Peter A. LeWitt, M.D.
Chairman, Professional Advisory Board
Past President, Board of Directors
Director of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Program, Henry Ford Hospital
Movement Disorder Specialist, Henry Ford Hospital
Professor of Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Honorable Sara Schimke
Macomb County Probate Court Judge
Danette Taylor, DO, MS
Movement Disorder Specialist
Mercy Health Hauenstein Neurosciences
Jacqueline Thompson
Marketing and Communications Executive
Richard Winkelman
Director of Community Operations at AJR Communities
Professional Advisory Board 2023
President, Board of Directors
Surgical Director, Movement Disorder & Comprehensive Epilepsy Centers
Henry Ford Medical Group
Clinical Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Wayne State University
President, Michigan Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative
Physical Therapist
CEO Blatt Rehabilitation Consultants
Geriatric Psychiatrist
Henry Ford Health
Neurosurgeon
Spectrum Health
Movement Disorder Specialist
Neurologist
Henry Ford Health
Movement Disorder Specialist
Associate Clinical Professor of Neurology, Director, Deep Brain Stimulation Clinic,
Co-Director, Movement Disorder Clinic, University of Michigan Medical Center
University of Michigan
MSU Neuroscience Program,
BioMolecular Science (Cell and Molecular Biology)
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Occupational Therapist
Residential Home Health
Chief of Neurology, Ascension Health Michigan
Movement Disorder Specialist
Michigan Institute of Neurological Disorders
Geriatric Psychiatrist
Henry Ford Health System
Neurology, Bronson Methodist & Children’s Hospital
Bronson Neuroscience Center
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine,
Harper University Hospital and the John D. Dingell Veterans Administration
Hospital in Detroit and is Director of the Movement Disorders Center at
Wayne State University and the John D. Dingell Veterans Administration Hospital;
Detroit Medical Center of Neurology
Movement Disorder Specialist
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology and Ophthalmology
and Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology,
Michigan State University School of Human Medicine and
School of Osteopathic Medicine
MSU Department of Neurology & Ophthalmology
Movement Disorder Specialist
Henry Ford Health System; Assistant Professor of Neurology,
Wayne State University School of Medicine.
Henry Ford Health System
Movement Disorder Specialist
Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center, Henry Ford Hospital.
Professor of Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Movement Disorder Specialist
Associate Professor
Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush Medical College
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurology, Anesthesiology and Biomedical Engineering
Associate Chair, Clinical and Translational Research
Director, Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Fellowship
University of Michigan
Movement Disorder Specialist
Michigan State University
Department of Neurology
Lead Physician, Functional Neurosurgery
Covenant Health Care
Movement Disorder Specialist
Neurologist
Mercy Health and Munson Healthcare
Movement Disorder Specialist
Neurologist
Mercy Health and Munson Healthcare
Movement Disorder Specialist
Mercy Health Hauenstein Neurosciences
Nurse Clinician, Memorial Healthcare Hospital
Movement Disorder Specialist
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
University of Michigan
Franchise Owner
Yaroch Senior Services 408, LLC
Home Instead Senior Care®
Clinical Social Worker
Movement Disorders Surgery Program
University of Michigan Health System
Partnerships
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